SCOUTING THE EAGLES: Eastern Michigan plays well in Ypsilanti. The Eagles are 12-3 at home this season and have not lost at the EMU Convocation Center since Jan. 25 against Ohio.

NIU lost twice in Ypsilanti last season. There was the infamous 42-25 regular-season loss when the Huskies had just four first-half points, as well as a one-point loss in the first round of the MAC Tournament.

The Eagles rank first in the MAC in scoring defense, giving up just 61.8 points per game.

OUTLOOK: NIU has a good chance at hosting a MAC Tournament game after upsetting Toledo, 74-66, on Wednesday night. The Rockets are currently ranked 37th in the RPI, and the victory was the Huskies' first over a top-50 RPI program since defeating Wisconsin in 1999.

In NIU's last contest against the Eagles, NIU junior center Jordan Threloff had career highs with 27 points and 18 rebounds in a 61-59 double-overtime win in DeKalb. Threloff had the game-winning tip-in with less than a second left in the game.

Threloff, a DeKalb High graduate, is averaging 12.7 points and 8.2 rebounds over his last 11 contests.